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As baby boomers’ demands change, the industry needs to take a more holistic approach, according to the president of the Ameriprise Personal Advisors Group.

Bank Investment Consultant was on the scene at the annual BISA conference. Here we have culled the best bits to bring you the most interesting things we heard.

Millions of baby boomers born in 1948 will become eligible for Medicare this year and face the complexities of choosing Medicare plans. As this group navigates the choices in Medicare Enrollment for the first time, financial planners have a chance to share with them advice that will help them make the best decision.

So how do Americans really feel about retirement saving and investing?

Millions of baby boomers born in 1948 will become eligible for Medicare this year and face the complexities of choosing Medicare plans. As this group navigates the choices in Medicare Enrollment for the first time, financial planners have a chance to share with them advice that will help them make the best decision.

Back officer service provider SEI has scored an exchange-traded fund mandate.

Morningstar today reported that investors added $51.9 billion to long-term open-end mutual funds in February building on inflows of $87.2 billion in January.

Washington, DC.-based Convergent Wealth Advisors has hired a new managing director of advisor recruiting.

Legg Mason's officially got itself a hedge fund.

Ty Schlobohm and Mark Ambrose joined as private client advisors, while Mark Broderick joined as a private client consultant.

Among advisory services competing for the wealthiest clients, RIAs and multi-family offices are winning.

Social media, as the name suggests, is about being social and connecting with others. Being boring, dry or too formal won’t work.

The firm's growth spurt has brought Washington Wealth’s total AUM, which was at a modest $100 million in December 2011, to well over $1 billion.

Two brand name firms are prolonging their exchange-traded fund distribution venture.

RIAs like to think of themselves as starkly different than their counterparts in the wirehouse channel -- in terms of fee structure, fiduciary responsibility, independence and, often, income. But a new study casts some doubt on the income part of that equation.

In every organization, there are a few top performers who set the pace for everyone else. Ken Haman says advisors need to explore what the top 20% of your colleagues do differently and what you can do to join them in the top tier.

More advisors say tax deferral will become increasingly important in annuity sales. In a recent poll by the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI), 28% of advisors expect tax deferral to take on greater importance in the next five years, a “notable increase” from 20% of advisors expressing this opinion in 2011.

The first two months of 2013 marked net flows of $140 billion into stock and bond funds, the best start for the mutual fund industry on record, according to Strategic Insight.

At the outset, the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling against the Securities and Exchange Commission-that there is a five-year limit on bringing fraud claims- may sound like a victory for mutual funds and their advisors.

A dozen Senate Democrats and an Independent lawmaker have re-introduced a bill that would impose a minimum 30% tax on high income tax payers who earn more than $1 million as a way to help reduce the ballooning federal deficit.